Earthquake

Earthquake

Universal

'Earthquake' (1974) Universal Pictures put this disaster picture into production to compete against Fox and Warner Bros' "The Towering Inferno." Charlton Heston took the lead as a Los Angeles construction engineer who comes to rue the day skyscrapers were built in Southern California when a 9.9-magnitude earthquake rocks the city. In order to make the film an event, the studio developed a new high-powered speaker system to simulate the rumble of the earthquake. The sonic vibrations were so powerful they cracked the ceiling of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and reportedly caused several cases of nosebleeds.

'Earthquake' (1974) Universal Pictures put this disaster picture into production to compete against Fox and Warner Bros' "The Towering Inferno." Charlton Heston took the lead as a Los Angeles construction engineer who comes to rue the day skyscrapers were built in Southern California when a 9.9-magnitude earthquake rocks the city. In order to make the film an event, the studio developed a new high-powered speaker system to simulate the rumble of the earthquake. The sonic vibrations were so powerful they cracked the ceiling of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and reportedly caused several cases of nosebleeds. (Universal)

'Earthquake' (1974) Universal Pictures put this disaster picture into production to compete against Fox and Warner Bros' "The Towering Inferno." Charlton Heston took the lead as a Los Angeles construction engineer who comes to rue the day skyscrapers were built in Southern California when a 9.9-magnitude earthquake rocks the city. In order to make the film an event, the studio developed a new high-powered speaker system to simulate the rumble of the earthquake. The sonic vibrations were so powerful they cracked the ceiling of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles and reportedly caused several cases of nosebleeds.